Newly surfaced ransom notes, allegedly tied to the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, have come to light, adding another layer of distress to her already anguished family. These notes, which were sent to TMZ, claim knowledge of both the identity of her abductors and the location of her remains. A former FBI agent has characterized this as a devious scheme to exploit the family’s grief for quick financial gain.
The timing of these disturbing communications is particularly telling. They arrived just as Savannah Guthrie, Nancy’s daughter, resumed her duties on NBC’s “Today” show after a two-month hiatus following her mother’s disappearance. This calculated move appears designed to further unsettle the family during an already challenging period.
Jennifer Coffindaffer, a former FBI agent, explained to Newsweek, “The timing of these messages was no accident. Sending them as Savannah returned to work was a deliberate attempt to inflict more pain on her and her family.” She added, “It’s clear there’s at least one individual intent on perpetuating this family’s suffering without offering any concrete proof of life.”
Nancy Guthrie, who is 84 years old, went missing on February 1st, and investigators suspect she was abducted from her Tucson, Arizona home. Since then, a series of supposed ransom demands have emerged, with several reaching TMZ, but none have provided evidence of her current whereabouts or condition.
Guthrie, 84, has been missing since Feb. 1 after authorities believed she was kidnapped from her home in Tucson, Arizona.
Since her disappearance, multiple purported ransom notes have been reported — including several sent to TMZ.
The pair of notes received by the outlet on Monday was sent from the same anonymous person who, nearly two months ago, demanded one bitcoin in exchange for information related to Guthrie’s abduction.
The first note claimed that Guthrie was dead — but the sender said that their offer to “deliver [the kidnappers] on a silver platter” for the cryptocurrency still stands.
In a second note, they claimed to have seen Guthrie alive with her captors in the Mexican state of Sonora, just across the border from Arizona.
The person said they will surrender the information for half a bitcoin, with another half transferred to their wallet when there is a public arrest.
Coffander believes they’re lying about having any real information because they’re shooting for a single bitcoin, valued at about $71,000, rather than the massive reward that’s been offered by Guthrie’s family and law enforcement agencies.
“The reason this makes sense to me, that they don’t have that knowledge, is because they’re not seeking the $1.2 million. Instead, they’re trying to subvert it with this… quickly paid, no hoops to jump through, just get the money. But I think that these people are scammers.”
